]]>By: deeppurple23http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2196405
Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:41:37 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2196405Really a week later and he still thinks he was correct and everyone is against him because he’s black. This is a lame apology. He needs to be gone….
]]>By: mazblasthttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2195163
Thu, 20 Dec 2012 02:28:00 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2195163As long as he’s on the payroll of ESPN, I’m not watching. Period.

This is the ONLY way to get the point across to the dimwits who run ESPN. If enough people don’t watch any of their so-called programming, they’ll get the message.

]]>By: surly1n1nd1anapol1shttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2195028
Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:30:44 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2195028I don’t read this as an apology for lazy thought. He’s sorry he aired his stupidity in public.
]]>By: Debhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194788
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:28:32 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194788In high school, several of my black friends tried explaining to me–a white girl–why they disliked another black friend who was an exceptional student, a cheerleader, a candidate for homecoming queen. They said she was trying to be white. It made me sad that achieving made our friend somehow not black enough. It makes me even sadder that years later an educated man like Rob Parker has been selling the same line as those teenage kids. Maybe he’s really figured out what a fool he’s been. But since only a few days ago he thought we were all silly for being offended, I doubt it.
]]>By: 49erstimhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194728
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:03:06 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194728This is exactly what these networks want. All the negativity will go away soon and people (not me) will tune in to see what provocative thing gets said next.
]]>By: nicepak381http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194611
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:25:45 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194611Go hang out with Jimmy the Greek! Two peas …
]]>By: zeeman911http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194610
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:25:39 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194610He was a joke in Detroit, I totally expect this again from the moron, in one form or another!
]]>By: brunson80http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194606
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:25:09 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194606I would appreciate these comments if he said them the next day after the segment aired. Apologizing a week later when you realize you’re in trouble doesn’t cut it.

And as many have said, he probably didn’t even write it (without, at least, a considerable amount of input).

Later Rob

]]>By: ultimatebriandhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194567
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:13:52 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194567It’s really going to be hard to fire this guy. He was just doing what ESPN pays him to do. They replayed his comments on the best of First Take, even. The problem goes deeper then Parker.
]]>By: briggsweatbirdhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194542
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:06:20 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194542First, I don’t read anywhere in Parker’s statement an admission that WHAT he said was WRONG.

Second, he says he is sincerely sorry. Yes, I think he is sorry, but not for what he said. He never apologizes for what he said, only for HOW he said it. He does not take back any of what he said.

A non-apology apology.

]]>By: steelerbenhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194522
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:57:30 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194522And, as predicted, here is the backlash to the less than heartfelt apology. This is now nearly a week of free adverting for First Take.
]]>By: theenuttyhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194493
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:50:09 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194493I would still like further explanation on what “the cause” is. Also notice nowhere in that apology did he apologize or explain his clearly bigoted point of view, only that he brought it up.
]]>By: fwippelhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194477
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:48:02 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194477What’s it take for a guy to get fired from ESPN anyways. Parker’s comments were racists beyond anything I’ve ever heard on that network, and yet he stays? Really?

Well, maybe if he had said RGIII was overrated because of the media’s (and the league’s) desire to see a black QB do well, then ESPN would have fired him.

But make a blatantly racist comment about RGIII’s fiance, and about him not “being down for the struggle” (what the heck does that mean?), and you might get suspended if enough people holler about it long enough.

]]>By: stevent92http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194446
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:37:30 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194446Rush Limbaugh was forced to resign from ESPN for something far, far less severe or inappropriate than what this jerk said.
]]>By: goodellhatesfootballhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194437
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:34:55 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194437That’s funny, I checked out his twitter page after the incident and he seemed to be standing firmly behind his comments. Funny how people change their tune once they get a call from their boss and publicist. Anyone with half a brain knows his apology is totally bogus.
]]>By: kingpelhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194436
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:34:42 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194436I am interested in hearing how Mr. Parker responded to other people using bad judgement in front of a microphone. Did he believe Rush Limbaugh should receive a second chance?
]]>By: paychrisjohnson28http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194421
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:31:24 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194421Jimmy the Greek got fired by CBS….Rush Limbaugh got fired by ESPN and was rejected for stating similar racist comments…. Al Campanis was rejected after his comments along racial lines… Rob Parker you are fired also !
]]>By: dukemarchttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194415
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:29:04 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194415This guy has been a jerk long before he got to ESPN – there was a reason he was out of work when he was hired by them.

Leopards don’t change their spots and if they let him back on air, it’s only a matter of time before he does it again.

]]>By: stairwayto7http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194414
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:28:58 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194414Fire him on national tv!
]]>By: phelbinhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194412
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:28:32 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194412This was a “I’m sorry you were offended” non-apology kind of apology. He didn’t say he was wrong, only that he could have said it differently. But at least he promises to be more thoughtful in presenting his ignorant, racist ideas in the future. So, that’s good.
]]>By: infectormanhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194411
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:28:05 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194411As the saying goes, ” any publicity is good publicity”

Who really cares if he’s sorry. He is the uneducated person in all of this and we are the infuriated masses.

Still would like to hear what “the cause” is.

When does it become OK for African America, Latino America, or any other “American” to strive for excellence, accountability, a better life, a farewell to old negative stereotypes???

]]>By: nagaswanhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194407
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:26:33 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194407Maybe if Jon Stewart goes on First Take and tells them they are bad people he can get that show cancelled too.
]]>By: bdawkins2http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194405
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:25:54 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194405All this clamoring for Rob Parker to lose his job for being a small minded racist is completely distracting everyone from the fact that Rob Parker should lose his job because he sucks at it.
]]>By: nagaswanhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194396
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:23:10 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194396Did anyone else already point out that when Kirk Cousins was in college Rob Parker wrote a false story about him, which almost resulted in a lawsuit?
]]>By: deshacklehttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194388
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:20:35 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194388Apology accepted.
]]>By: rc33http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194382
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:18:40 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194382Whatever.
Bigot..
]]>By: mavajohttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194377
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:17:03 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194377A white guy would be fired right now. Equality swings both ways.
]]>By: rajbaishttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/19/rob-parker-on-rg3-comments-i-blew-it-and-im-sincerely-sorry/#comment-2194375
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:16:50 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1594004#comment-2194375I never felt that he was a bad guy. I do feel that he should have thought more carefully before speaking, but ESPN needs to end their desperation for attention by going into dangerous territory 24/7.

That’s why they should cancel the show. They make more than the NFL in yearly profits and they need this garbage spewing their airwaves?